Improvement in carriage-tops



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Carriage-Top.

No. 167,373, Patented Aug.31,1875.

\ NPETERS. FHUTO-UTHOGRAPHER. WASHINGTON. D C.

GEORGE E. WHITMORE, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE NEW HAVENFOLDING-CHAIR COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN CARRIAGE-TOPS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 167,373, dated August31, 1875; application filed July 27, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE E.WHITMORE, of New Haven, in the county ofNew Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Canopy-Top forChilds Carriage; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken inconnection with the accompanying drawings and the letters of referencemarked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same,and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, andrepresent a side View.

This invention relates to an improvement in the manner of supporting orattaching a canopy-top to carriages; the object being to allow of itsbeing turned back, and yet supported in an upright position by the samemechanism which allows the folding; and it consists in a principal bracehinged to the body and to the top, and an auxiliary jointed brace hingedto the body and top in the rear of said principal brace, with an armextending from the hinge of the auxiliary brace to the principal brace,as more fully hereinafter described.

A is the body of the carriage, of the usual or any desirable form,provided with trundliug-handles at the rear or front, or both; B, thecanopy or top; C, the principal brace, its ower end hinged to the body,as at a, and the upper end to the top, as at b. D is the auxiliarybrace, jointed, as at d, the lower end hinged to the body, as at 'e, andthe upper end at the top, as at f, both points of connection being inthe rear of those of the principal brace. From the auxiliary brace anarm, G, extends, one end hinged at d, and the other to the principalbrace, at h, above.

To turn the top, simply draw it back, which will force the joint 61forward and downward, or draw that joint forward and downward, whichwill allow of the top being thrown back until the braces are closed, asdenoted in broken lines.

The joints are preferably constructed so as to produce sufficientfriction to hold the top at difi'erent inclinations.

1 claim- The combination, with the canopy of a carriage, the principalbrace C, the auxiliary brace D, both hinged to the body and to the top,the one jointed, and With an arm extending from said joint and hinged tothe other brace above, substantially as described.

GEO. E. WHITMORE.

Witnesses:

J. H. SHUMWAY, CLARA BROUGHTON.

